# samovar
## English
### Etymology

From Russian самова́р (samovár, “self-boiler”); from само́ (samó, “self”) + вари́ть (varítʹ, “boil, cook”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsæməvɑː(ɹ)/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

samovar (plural samovars)
* A metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea. Traditionally, the water is heated by hot coals or charcoal in a chimney-like tube which runs through the center of the urn. Today, it is more likely that the water is heated by an electric coil.
** 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 107
    Come on now with the samovar ─ and make haste sorting the letter-bag.
** 1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 20, in Friday's Business‎:Eurydice pointed to the cupboard, and sat down on the low divan with folded hands, and looked at the floor. […] Elsa made her drink a glass of vodka. Then she fetched the samovar from the kitchen, and made tea.

#### Translations
## Azerbaijani
### Alternative forms

* simavar

### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian самова́р (samovár).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: sa‧mo‧var

### Noun

samovar (definite accusative samovarı, plural samovarlar)
* samovar

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “samovar” in Obastan.com.

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian самова́р (samovár). By surface analysis, samo- (“self-”) +‎ vařit (“to boil”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsamovar]
* Rhymes: -ovar
* Hyphenation: sa‧mo‧var

### Noun

samovar m inan (diminutive samovárek)
* samovar (metal urn used to make tea)
    Coordinate terms: čajovar, kávovar

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “samovar”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “samovar”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “samovar”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian самова́р (samovár).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sa.mɔ.vaʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

samovar m (plural samovars)
* samovar

### Further reading

* “samovar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from French samovar, from Russian самова́р (samovár).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /sa.moˈvaʁ/ [sa.moˈvah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /sa.moˈvaʁ/ [sa.moˈvah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /sa.moˈvaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /sa.moˈvaʁ/ [sa.moˈvaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /sa.moˈvaɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɐ.muˈvaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɐ.muˈvaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /sɐ.muˈbaɾ/ [sɐ.muˈβaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /sɐ.muˈva.ɾi/

### Noun

samovar m (plural samovares)
* samovar (metal urn used to make tea)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian самовар (samovar); from само́ (samó, “self”) + вари́ть (varítʹ, “boil, cook”).

### Noun

samovar n (plural samovare)
* samovar (metal urn used to make tea)

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian самова́р (samovár, literally “self-boiler”); from само́ (samó, “self”) +‎ вари́ть (varítʹ, “to boil, cook”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sâmoʋaːr/

### Noun

sȁmovār m (Cyrillic spelling са̏мова̄р)
* samovar

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /samoˈbaɾ/ [sa.moˈβ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: sa‧mo‧var

### Noun

samovar m (plural samovares)
* samovar

### Further reading

* “samovar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Uzbek
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian самова́р (samovár).

### Noun

samovar (plural samovarlar)
* samovar (metal urn used to make tea)